Fatwa

Not sharing a recipe

Fatwa #1546 Category: Miscellaneous Country: Date: 24th July 2025
Fatwa #1546 Date: 24th July 2025
Category: Miscellaneous
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Question

Assalaamu alaykum ww
Hope Mufti saab is well?
A student wants to know If a person takes orders for a certain biscuit n thn other ppl who don’t order from her but want the recipe n ask for it,
is it a gunaah if u don’t share?
For fear that it will affect ur orders if others start making it also

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is not necessary to share the recipe, hence there is no sin. It is purely your prerogative.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Bilal Pandor

Concurred by
Mufti Muhammad Patel

Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia

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